My dad passed away exactly 13 years ago. My mom struggled so hard to support me and my sister, but did everything she could to make sure we would get through it. She wasn’t around much because of that, and I didn’t understand how to see my life as a fatherless, closeted, gay 10 year from that point on.
I felt so alone growing up. Living in the “Bible-Belt,” I lived in fear every day that my mom would disown me and that people would reject me or even hurt me. So I immersed myself in religion to make sense of the world. I felt like my “God” and my dad were watching everything I did and were disappointed with me because I “struggled” with being gay. That fueled my self-hate. I furthered my religious abuse by trying to cure myself and taking refuge in a church as my family, who ultimately rejected me because of my sexuality.
I eventually came out and that’s been a long process of self-discovery and healing. Learning to love yourself is really hard.
For years, I’ve suffered from terrible anxiety and I’ve been scared to let people close cause I didn’t want to lose them. But in the past month, something has clicked for me. It’s been a process but I feel like I can finally see purpose through the things I went through. My mom came around eventually and has been supportive in ways that I would have never believed. More importantly, I feel reconciled with my dad and I know he only feels love for who I am and the person I’m becoming. I can finally move on.
It’s so unbelievable that a YouTube channel got me out here in LA and that it’s almost been a year. Getting to be here has been an amazing gift, and the support along with the friends I have has completely changed my life. Life is so freaking crazy. I’m not religious anymore and I’m not sure if I believe in god or why we’re all here, but it doesn’t matter. Getting over this has given me such much existential anxiety for the past year, but I’m finally over it. I’m just glad I can be positive and finally believe that things happen for a reason again. I’m ready start living my life.
My dad passed away exactly 13 years ago. My mom struggled so hard to support me and my sister, but did everything she could to make sure we would get through it. She wasn’t around much because of that, and I didn’t understand how to see my life as a fatherless, closeted, gay 10 year from that point on.I felt so alone growing up. Living in the “Bible-Belt,” I lived in fear every day that my mom would disown me and that people would reject me or even hurt me. So I immersed myself in religion to make sense of the world. I felt like my “God” and my dad were watching everything I did and were disappointed with me because I “struggled” with being gay. That fueled my self-hate. I furthered my religious abuse by trying to cure myself and taking refuge in a church as my family, who ultimately rejected me because of my sexuality.I eventually came out and that’s been a long process of self-discovery and healing. Learning to love yourself is really hard.For years, I’ve suffered from terrible anxiety and I’ve been scared to let people close cause I didn’t want to lose them. But in the past month, something has clicked for me. It’s been a process but I feel like I can finally see purpose through the things I went through. My mom came around eventually and has been supportive in ways that I would have never believed. More importantly, I feel reconciled with my dad and I know he only feels love for who I am and the person I’m becoming. I can finally move on.It’s so unbelievable that a YouTube channel got me out here in LA and that it’s almost been a year. Getting to be here has been an amazing gift, and the support along with the friends I have has completely changed my life. Life is so freaking crazy. I’m not religious anymore and I’m not sure if I believe in god or why we’re all here, but it doesn’t matter. Getting over this has given me such much existential anxiety for the past year, but I’m finally over it. I’m just glad I can be positive and finally believe that things happen for a reason again. I’m ready start living my life.
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